Alexandre Bida
Birth date1813
Birth placeToulouse, France
Death date1895
Death placeBuhl, German Empire
FieldPainting

Alexandre Bida (3 October 1813 – 2 January 1895) was a French painter.[1]

Life

He was born in Toulouse, and specialized in Orientalism and studied under Eugène Delacroix, but with an artist's eye for precision and perfection, he soon developed his own style. During Bida's youth, he traveled and worked in Egypt, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, and Palestine. He became well known for his exhibition shows during the period between 1847 and 1861. He was also an illustrator of the Holy Bible. As a Bible illustrator, Bida's Les Saints Evangeles was published in 1873. In it, the four gospels were enriched by his twenty-eight etchings.[2]

Of Bida's work, it was said[who?] that he brought a truth and genius that made his Christ reverent, refined, dignified, and strong. He died in Buhl, Germany in 1895 at the age of 82.[3]

References

  1. ^ Alexandre Bida
  2. ^ Christ in art: the story of the words and acts of Jesus Christ, as related in the language of the four evangelists, arranged in one continuous narrative (1873)
  3. ^ Christendom Anno Domini MDCCCCI